Poultry-fountain.



No. 664,959. s Patnted Jan. I, 19m.-

" E. A. LOSEE,

POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

(Application filed May 29, 1900.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

EZRAA. LOSEE, OF LAKE CITY, IOWA.

. POULTRY-FOUNTAIN.

' srncmcarrron formingpart of 146mm Patent No. 664,959, dated January 1, mar.

's nmionflnd m 2 .1900:

Serial H0 18,47 7. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA A. Losmt, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake City, in the county of Calhoun and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Poultry-Fountains; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same. I

My invent-ion relates to-improvements in poultry-fountains for feeding water to poultry and swine automatically when attached to a water-supply barrelor tank.

My object is to provide 'a novel and iin-, proved poultry-fountain that is light, simple, cheap, durable, portable, and easily attached to a water-supply barrel or tank.

A further object is to provide an improved form of poultry-fountain having a long low drinking-space'in front float-chamber in the rea In the accompanying rawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my poultry-fountain, showing means for attaching to a water-supply barrel or tank. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the interior of my poultry-fountain and valve mechanism.

The numeral 1 designates a metal cup hav= ing the front wall lowerthan the back wall and part of the side walls lower than the main side walls, with an aperture in the back wall.

bolted to the back wall of cup 1 and to waste- .nut opposite, with water-tight gaskets between 4 and 1 and hand-1 13 ture in the back wall.

The numeral 2 designates a waste-nut carrying a. nipple,"gaskets, -and lock-nut, said waste-nut being bolted to 'the'back wall of 1 and a high covered pposite the aper-' and base of valve-seat and opposite the aper ture in the back wall.

The numeral 3 designates a cap sliding in grooves on the inside of the end walls and adjustably fastened to the top of the back-wall. The operation is obvious and as follows: When the. fountain is attached to a waters'upply barrel or tank, the water passes changes of construction which might be re-- sorted to in carrying out iny invention, and hence it is to be understood that I .do not limit myself tothe precise construction herein shown-and described, but consider that I am entitled to all such variations as come within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecnre by Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic poultry-fountain, a me- 'tallic cup having the front wall lower than the back wall,and-, partof the side walls lower than the main side walls, an aperture in the back wall, a valve-base bolted to the front of the back wall, opposite the aperture, and carrying an elbow-shaped valve-seat, with post extensions, a lever fulcrumed between the post extensions, a valve fastened to one end of the lever, and a float fastened to the opposite end of said lever. I

2. In a device of the class described, a the tallic cup having the front wall lower than the back wall,and part of the side walls lower than the main sidewalls, an aperture inthe back wall, a. valve-seat base bolted to the front of the back wall, opposite theaperture, andcarryingan elbow-shaped valve-seat with post. ex-

tensions, a lever fnlcrumed between the post extensionsQa valve fastened to one end of the" lever, and a. float fastened to the opposite end inside of the side walls, and adjustably fas= of said lever, a wate-nut carrying a nipple, tened t0 the top of the back wall. gaskets, a'mf'lo'ck-nnt, bolted to the rear of the back wall, and valve-seat base,- water- 5' tight gaskets between, and all opposite the YVitnesses: aperture in the back wall; acap to protect the M. R. MCCRARY, valve mechanism, resting in grooves on the v A. B. LOSEEf.

EZRA A. ILOSEE. 

